At 11:53 PM 2/1/2009, Loren Busch wrote: >connections lock in place or are they just a friction fit like the >common cigarette light we are used to in NA vehicles? If you look carefully at the plug in this link <http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PPL-001&Category_Code=powerlet> you can see that the positive contact is shaped like the tip contact of a phone plug, strongly suggesting that the plug would snap into place like a phone plug. The negative contacts have a good wiping action as the plug is inserted and appear to me to be adjustable for fit. There is no latch to positively retain the plug; but there's also no spring-loaded tip contact always trying to shove the plug out of the jack.
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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